Topologically nontrivial sectors in the Abelian Higgs model with massless fermions

Journal Article · Fri Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.3293· OSTI ID:6259612

Cabra, D; von Reichenbach, C; Schaposnik, F A; Trobo, M ^[1]

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1. Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, C. C. 67, 1900 La Plata (Argentina)

We develop an approach to the dilute-instanton-gas approximation for the Abelian Higgs model when massless fermions are present. We discuss the properties of the resulting partition function and evaluate fermionic correlation functions which become nontrivial when topological sectors are taken into account.

• OSTI ID: 6259612
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 44:10; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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